What a beautiful video! Now give the Jupiter 2 back to the Robinsons - Dr. Smith has already sold some of your equipment to aliens in exchange for Beef Bourguignon and a nice Cabernet )))
I’ve always thought Jupiter 2 was the coolest sci-fi spacecraft, with the Space 1999 Eagle a close 2nd. The Lost In Space series first season in black and white was the best. When they went color it just got stupid.
Very creative and well-done tech. I assume the human crew is in hibernation ? The only thing is, all this work in honor of an Irwin Allen TV series ? As time went on and the budget became a trickle, they always descended into silly cheesiness. I remember how refreshing and perspective-giving watching the pilot episodes were after a season or two of regular episodes had aired. The pilots had better matte painting backgrounds, a cast of dozens and a sense of the story taking itself seriously. And then the long slide downward.
How Cool would it be to have a full size structure, design like the Jupiter 2 inside and out that you could live in, complete with the background music available at the push of a button
Now if they could do the movie with a better script with this level of animation they'd really have something! As a kid I always wondered why they just didn't "whack" Smith!
Thanks Jeff! The video is pretty creaky compared to today's CGI capabilities. But I tried to make (at the time) something that was nostalgic for fans given the tech available to me 14 years ago on my little Lenovo laptop.
Thanks James! I did this 14 years ago using the modeling program called 3DS MAX by Autodesk. It was assembled & edited as a video in Adobe AfterEffects. Today, my videos are made with Cinema 4D (as the modeling program), rendered with Octane and compiled using the free video editing program DaVinci Resolve. While DaVinci is free, Cinema4D is a costly program, although I have a license through my job. But similar modeling results can be had with the free program called Blender. So basically, you can create videos like this using free software. Yes, it's a steep learning curve, but it can be damn fun! 😀
Thanks kens3000! Yes, I have been adding videos to my channel, although they have been few and far between. (Click on my name in the title bar to bring you to my channel.)
Tight! Nothn like watching the 1st episode with the lift off engine sound effects. Gave me chills as well The glow on the Jupiter. When it k lifted off . Should've added Dr. Smith's best scream outta all episodes. I love it!.
You're correct if we accept the original diameter of the ship as shown in the TV show. But in order to accommodate the lower deck as seen in the show and then cross-referenced to the contours of the ship, then the diameter of the Jupiter 2 needs to be 30 meters, or 98 feet, 6 inches, minimum. My design for the Jupiter 2 made for the defunct web series is just that. 30 meters is the sweet spot for the ship. But the magical thing that happens is that a 30-meter diameter also allows for a real chariot AND space pod to exist within the contours of the hull. This larger diameter for the ship accommodates everything shown in the original series, with one exception: The episode where Will is imagining the lower Power Core. From that episode, I've always taken this to be merely William's dream and not a real aspect of the Jupiter 2. If this were a real space, then the Jupiter 2 would have to be almost 200 feet in diameter.
There's a flaw with this. Where you have the Chariot coming out is where the Pod is stored, and when it launches it comes straight out the bottom so I don't understand why this is showing accommodations for the Chariot with a ramp and all. Just to be fair, it is just a show and they didn't really plan for letting us know where they stored everything, but the Chariot just suddenly appeared, outside and we never saw them taking it out of storage and that's probably because they never really had a place to put it. Then when crashed on a planet and the bottom of the ship isn't exposed, how are they supposed to get it out with this style of ramp? And when you're on the top level you can clearly see the Pod through the door to access it so obviously the Chariot can't be located here.
There is not a flaw. This larger version of the Jupiter 2 designed for the defunct Web Series was carefully thought out to a high degree. #1 - The ship was not designed to crash. It was designed to land on it's tripod legs. The crash was a disastrous accident. The Chariot ramp might have been a design flaw, but it still was designed to operate this way as a ramp down to a planet's surface. Hence this version of the Jupiter 2 adheres to the original intent: Delivering the Chariot to the ground as an exploration vehicle. #2 - The Space Pod (added in Season 3) was an afterthought by Irwin Allen. The design shown in this video tries to accommodate the Pod as an intentional vehicle. And from the very conception of the Pod, it was ridiculous to assume it emerged from below the ship as the original series showed it. (As if it were the Flying Sub from YTTBOTS.) If the Jupiter 2 had landed safely on a planet then the Pod would be impossible to launch as a recon vessel and would be completely useless. So the decision for the web series was to show the Pod as launching vertically from the Main Deck so that it could still function when landed on a planet.
Yes in the reboots they totally missed the Jupiter 2, the hardware both are s an integral and inseparable part of the show. Star Trek got it right I can't understand wy they could not have done something like your superb rendition. Sorry for the English, I am French Speaking.
I agree with other comments about the netflix series. Something like this would have been so much better. Simple and elegant. Not sure why technology in current sci fi has to be a visually complicated mess.
I watched this show when I was a child, and the Jupiter 2 is still my favorite space ship. I now own a Tesla car and when you put it in reverse it makes a noise like the Jupiter 2 taking off.
The sound of the Jupiter engine was is most distinguished. This sound was used also for the Bat Mobile kind of and for 1968 Planet Of The Apes space craft before landing in the forbidden zone lake.. Great stuff.Smashing! 👍
That is a wonderful reamagine of the Jupiter II . The engine sound is as always unforgettable. Thats incredibly done. My compliments to the maker or makers. Love it.👍✌️
Good Question. There were 3 original cabins, each sleeping 2. With the addition of Smith that made the situation weird. There was no way the original ship could have slept 7.
